Boronia Molloyae WA Herbarium

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Sunday 6 May 2007 12:00PM

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Boronia Molloyae WA Herbarium A pressed specimen of Boronia molloyae, the only plant named after Georgiana Molloy. James Drummond, the WA colonial government botanist proposed calling it Boronia molloyi in 1842, but was overlooked; in 1844 another botanist named the same plant Boronia elatior and that name was adopted. In the 1970s, the original name was accepted, with the spelling corrected to show it was named for a woman (molloyae), not a man (molloyi).